Brahim Zaibat

It's a well-known fact that Madonna is dating one of the dancers on her tour, Brahim Zaibat, and she definitely wasn't shy with him on stage Sunday night in Brazil. How crazy that Madonna loves 24-year-olds and Brahim loves having his bills paid, and the two just happened to be working together on the same concert tour? Love works in mysterious and profitable ways. I've stopped trying to make sense of it.

Madonna's new relationship is really freaking me out. 24-year-old guys should be helping 52-year-olds across the street, not going down on them. From The Sun:

Madonna's new fella has spoken for the first time of his love for the star - saying she's "just a woman like all the others". Dancer Brahim Zaibat, 24, explained: "She's an extraordinary artist and world famous, of course, but a woman above all."

The Frenchman recalled charming the pop queen, 52, with the down-to-earth opener: "Hi, how are you?" He adds: "It wasn't like meeting a monster! She wasn't the first well-known female singer I'd met, you know. I'm not saying things have gone very fast since then, but things have happened in order." Asked if he was a fan of Madonna at school he said: 'It wasn't the kind of sound I had on my iPod. But I've since pretty much listened to all she's done."

Of course this Brahim guy doesn't think Madonna's a "monster" -- she feeds him, clothes him, and only asks for a little piece of his soul in return. Besides, Brahim probably realizes by now that it's not a smart idea to bite the hand that feeds you . . . especially a hand that looks like it's straight out of a scene from The Walking Dead.

Madonna's dad Tony Ciccone is not happy about her new boyfriend, 24-year-old French dancer Brahim Zaibat. Gee, I wonder why? I bet it's because of his weird accent! From the Globe:

Madonna’s long-suffering dad has finally had it with her young lovers-and has banned the 52-year-old singer’s toyboys from his home! [Ciccone] has told his superstar daughter, “Enough is enough,” says a source. “He’s told her in no uncertain terms that Zaibat is too young, and not to bring him when she visits. It’s fair to say he’s less than impressed by Brahim.”

Madonna was age 5 when her mother, Madonna, died. Her passing strained the father-daughter relationship. In fact, the Material Girl’s 1986 hit Papa Don’t Preach was her rebellious message to her strict dad. Over the years, Tony’s also endured her controversial book Sex and a string to toyboys. But he finally hit the roof over her affair with Zaibat-whose mother is EIGHT YEARS YOUNGER than Madonna! Says the source, “He feels she’s embarrassing herself and her children.” (Print Edition - 12/13)

Madonna's dad is just now realizing that she's "embarrassing herself and her children"? Where was this guy when she was releasing picture books about sex and movies about deepthroating beer bottles? Sorry Daddy Ciccone, you're a little too late to be intervening in your daughter's life. Try influencing something that isn't as set in its ways -- like the Palestinians and Israelis.